Зимний сад | Когда луна прольет с небес свой свет стыдливый

Translation by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as `Ellis

Jardin d'Hiver

Language: French (Français)

Le soir, lorsque la lune épand ses frissons bleus
Et que des peaux de tigre et des tapis moëlleux
Assourdissent les pas dans la chambre de verre,
Un grand jet d'eau sanglotte au milieu de la serre, 
Comme s'il se plaignait élégiaquement 
De retomber toujours dans le bassin dormant 
Et de ne pas pouvoir, pour calmer sa rancune, 
Porter son baiser froid aux lèvres de la Lune !

Confirmed with Georges Rodenbach, L'Hiver Mondain, Bruxelles, Henry Kistemaeckers, 1884, page 41.

Text Authorship:

by Georges Rodenbach (1855 - 1898), "Jardin d'Hiver", appears in L'Hiver Mondain [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947) , "Зимний сад" ; composed by Aleksandr Abramovich Kreyn.

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Зимний сад

Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)

Когда луна прольет с небес свой свет стыдливый,
И в шкурах тигровых замрет шаг боязливый,
Среди хрустальных стен теплицы голубой
Вдруг вырастет, журча, фонтан воды живой,
И снова упадет с рыданием печальным
В бассейн, что мирно спит под пологом зеркальным…
Так тщетно рвется он, стремясь в тоске бесплодной
Напечатлеть луне свой поцелуй холодный!..

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Text Authorship:

by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as `Ellis, "Зимний сад" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Georges Rodenbach (1855 - 1898), "Jardin d'Hiver", appears in L'Hiver Mondain
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Aleksandr Abramovich Kreyn (1883 - 1951), "Зимний сад", op. 20 no. 3, published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Во дни скорби (Vo dni skorbi) = In the Days of Mourning, no. 3, Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-07-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 53